Online Class Notes (Tibo)

what time do you normally finish work?

I take off work normally at 6pm but I can’t control the other people, if they want to contact with me or tell me something so it is hard to say.

-> Normally I finish at 6pm but it depends on the situation

what is the latest?
probably 11pm.

on Tuesday he asked told me he will wants me work for him at weekends -> On Tuesday  he told me he wanted me to work on weekends

I want to do it tomorrow or on Saturday.
I planned to do the test  on Saturday morning and my friend called to invite me to have hot pot together on that day  / my friend asked me out on that day

I am nervous for the test but at noon I have to eat a lot of food.

The hotpot has magic it makes eat a lot of food
the hotpot when I have hotpot I will eat more food than the meals
-> hotpot makes eating very easy / when you eat hotpot you tend to eat more without realizing it  / hotpot makes eating effortless

I want to go on talking and I can use this word.

Single’s day already started on Oct 24
I have paid deposit for 15 products

I am one type of people -> I am the kind of person who likes to stockpile things

I want to have some preparation / I like to stockpile all the things I will use.

I know the other type is they don’t have stock maybe the toothbrush the last one so at that time the last one they buy more. -> Other people buy when they run out of something.

They come to home when they were kitten -> Did you get them when they were little? / Did you get them as kitten or as adults?   / when did you adopt them?

When I was young my mother and my grandma they had cats, 5 or 6 cats.
So they showered them in-house but cats don’t like to shower so they would scratch us.
When I grew up a lot of my friends they had cats so when I visited them I had to hug them and play with them

Vocabulary

to adopt (v) 领养
Many movie stars like to adopt kids

adoption (n)

powerbank (n) 充电宝
I used a powerbank to charge my phone

run out of (v) don’t have anymore / almost don’t have
My phone is running out of battery, I only have 2% left.
During the lockdown I ran out of ice cream
The deadline is tomorrow, we are running out of time

scratch (v/n) 划破 / 挠
The cat scratched me
There are scratches on my watch

bite (v) (bite bit bit)
A cat bit me when I was young so I am scared of cats

spit (v)  吐出/喷出
Some rude people spit on the street

spite (n) desire to hurt someone 恶意
He did this out of spite

shopaholic (n) someone who loves to shop购物狂
I am a shopaholic

deposit (n)定金
I paid a 20% deposit

effort (n) 努力/费劲
It takes a lot of efforts to build muscles

word + less 

speechless : unable to speak / very surprised

effortless = easily  / without efforts
limitless = no limit
moneyless = no money / poor

ask someone out (v) inviting someone for drink or food (for fun)
I asked Tom out for dinner
She asked me out for coffee
My friend asked me out for hotpot (on Saturday)

Grammar

In English play is only used for kids or for games/sports.
We played a game on the phone
Kids play in the garden

We went to Suzhou to play (NO) -> we went to Suzhou to have fun  / we traveled to Suzhou (to relax…)

my friends and me we have a hot pot for lunch

Grammar

In for everything big / on for smaller things and at for very small things

In – Month / season / year

On – day / date / event

At – time

space
In China / Shanghai / Huangpu
On lujiabang road
at n125 on lujiabang road

Pronunciation

last

lost

meal